Image: Citizens must watch government with vigilance, for government has grown far beyond our intended purpose for it. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Montgomery County, Texas, August 7 – There are some important events which citizens must watch during the coming week, Saturday, August 8, 2020, through Friday, August 14, 2020. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 6:30 p.m., […]
Image: Thousands of bikers rode through the streets for the opening day of the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle rally Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Sturgis, S.D. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves) The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, Washington, D.C., Sturgis, S.D., August 7 – The total number of active cases of Chinese Coronavirus in Montgomery County is […]
Image: The Montgomery County Forensics Center on Hilbig Street in Conroe. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 7 – The two more conservative members of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court, Precinct 3 County Commissioner James Noack and County Judge Mark Keough, both voted to set the County government’s tax rate for Fiscal Year 2021 […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 6 – By the conclusion of the Budget Workshop and Special Meeting of the Montgomery County Commissioners Court on Friday, July 31, 2020, big-spenders Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike Meador were both visibly upset with County Judge Mark Keough, who spoke the plain […]
Conroe, August 6 – On Tuesday, July 28, 2020, Montgomery County Budget Director Amanda Carter let the cat out of the bag! Carter provided the strongest argument of all why no governmental entity in Montgomery County should raise salaries or other compensation of government employees as they consider their budgets for the fiscal year beginning […]
The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Spring, August 5 – Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack will seek bids for the Rayford Road improvement project from Waterbend Cove to Birnham Woods Drive in August. The project will widen Rayford Road to four lanes from approximately 40 feet east of Waterbend Cove to approximately 400 feet […]
Image: Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough ultimately voted against a tax rate higher than the “no-new-tax-revenue” tax rate on Friday, July 31, 2020. The Golden Hammer Staff Reports Conroe, August 4 – The Montgomery County Commissioners Court ended a weeklong budget workshop with an ugly colloquy between Montgomery County Judge Mark Keough on the one […]
Publisher’s Note: On July 23, 1722, Mrs. Silence Dogood submitted her ninth letter to the New-England Courant, a newspaper in Boston under the management and ownership of James Franklin. At the time, Mrs. Dogood was 16 years old, later served as a Founding Father of the United States of America, and was one of the most […]
Image: Four of the five members of the Commissioners Court prayed before they voted to increase taxes on the citizens of Montgomery County in the midst of the economic depression they caused in their panicked response to the Chinese Coronavirus. One of the members of the Commissioners Court stared around the room during the prayer. […]
Image: The Montgomery County Commissioners Court met for slightly over one hour on Thursday, July 30, 2020, for the Budget Workshop. From left to right on the Commissioners Court are Precinct 4 Commissioner James Metts, Precinct 3 Commissioner James Noack, County Judge Mark Keough, Precinct 2 Commissioner Charlie Riley, and Precinct 1 Commissioner Mike Meador. […]